Carface Carruthers

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Evil-doer
Full Name	Carface Carruthers
Alias	Carface Boss
Origin	All Dogs Go to Heaven
Occupation	Casino owner (formerly) Hell spawn (formerly) Curio Shop owner (currently) Activist (currently)
Powers / Skills	Ray gun (formerly) Fists Teeth Cunning
Hobby	Running his gang (formerly). Serving Red (formerly). Running his gang and serving Belladonna (formerly).
Goals	Kill Charlie (succeeded for a while until Charlie cheated death in the first film). Recapture Anne-Marie (formerly). Bring joy around the world (currently).
Crimes	Murder Abuse Child abuse Kidnapping Theft Aiding and abetting Red Organized crime Vandalism Starvation
Type of Villain	Greedy Psychopath

“	MORONS! I'M SURROUNDED BY MORONS!!!	„
	~ Carface Carruthers

Carface Carruthers is a recurring antagonist of the All Dogs Go to Heaven franchise. He is the main antagonist of the first film, the secondary antagonist of the second film, an anti-hero of the TV series, and the protagonist of the third and final film An All Dogs Christmas Carol. He is a former dangerous psychopath who was Charlie's former business partner and former arch-nemesis.

In All Dogs Go to Heaven, he was voiced by the late Vic Tayback. In the rest of the franchise, starting with All Dogs Go to Heaven 2, he was voiced by the late Ernest Borgnine, who also portrayed Mr. Firat in The Double McGuffin.

Personality

Carface is a vicious and psychotic businessman who says that his friends must be dealt with in a "friendly and businesslike way".

In the first film, he is at his most evil condition, and is murderous, like when he killed his former business partner, Charlie by running a car over him. He often tries to have his sidekick, Killer, killed but manages to convince himself not to each time. He is extremely cruel, ruthless and argumentative, so he often cares nothing for Killer and at one point tortures him by tying him in a sack and lowering him into a piranha-infested water chamber upside down. When his henchmen also fail a mission when they are away, he calls them "morons", and in the final battle, he viciously attacks Charlie and (at one point) tries to kill him by drowning him, until King Gator intervenes and finishes off the pit bull (likely through eating him). Furthermore, he shows that he doesn't care about Ann-Marie at all as despite claiming that he "loves" her while he's scolding Killer for letting her escape, he clearly only sees her as a pawn.

In the second film, Carface is now reduced to the secondary antagonist, where he is now a comic relief character without the darker side in the first film. He is now less intelligent, less evil, and is now very cowardly (probably due to his manner of death in the first film), threatened, pusillanimous, reluctant, and nervous. Nonetheless, his selfishness and greed still remained when he told Red that when they get Gabriel's Horn, they could open any safe or bank shop in the world, and he still had his occasional evil laugh. One could say that the reason he doesn't appear to be as evil is that while he's still a threat, Red's power made him submissive.

In the TV series, he is now more of an anti-hero than an actual villain.

In the final film, he is now merely cold-hearted and miserly, until he reforms to turn against Belladonna.

Appearance

Carface is an obese gray American Pit Bull Terrier/Bulldog hybrid who usually walks on all fours. His stature suggests that he has clubfoot because whilst other dogs walk with their front paws in front, Carface's are turned in slightly as seen in a close up and a scene when he is about to kill Killer when he is sitting.

Biography

Beginnings

Carface was born in a gas station where he was part of a litter of puppies and shares a strong loving relationship with his mother. Later, Carface got adopted by a very neglectful human kid named Bobby. The boy would constantly treat him like he didn't exist and evidently allowing him to wreak havoc around the house. But what devastated Carface the most was that the boy just was not there for him went it came to him getting in trouble with the boy's parents. When it finally came down to him being kick out for his reckless behavior, this no less fazed the boy with no remorse or sadness over Carface's fate. It was then that Carface decided to never trust another soul again and grows up into becoming a "hood". Carface also grew a hatred towards Christmas, since he was abandoned by his human family on Christmas.

Later, Carface meets Charlie and the two of them were once old friends as he tells Killer that his way to kill Charlie is "no way to treat an old friend". He was once friends with Charlie, but his greed as well as personal gain led to him going away from Charlie and wanting to kill him. It is currently unknown how and when Carface and Killer first met.

In All Dogs Go to Heaven

In the beginning of the film, Carface helps Charlie open up a casino and plans to kill Charlie because he finds him annoying and wants the casino to himself. So one night, they hold a celebration and he gets Charlie drunk, and gives him a golden watch. His henchman, Killer, blindfolds him and tells him to wait for "a big surprise" while Charlie sits at the dock near the sea. Then Carface starts up a car and putting it in drive, causing it to hit Charlie, killing him and knocking his body into the sea along with the car.

Charlie's soul goes to Heaven where he learns Carface murdered him, and he vows revenge. He finds a way to escape from Heaven, but his guardian angel warns him that since he stole the watch he can never return. Charlie reunites with his partner Itchy (who was mourning Charlie and having watched the event) and they decide to first upstage Carface with their own casino. Along the way, they stop at Carface's hideout and rescue a little girl named Anne Marie who can talk to animals. They decide to use her gift to make money and tells her that they will use her until they can find her a family. Meanwhile, Carface finds out that Charlie is alive and he took Anne Marie from him, so he plots revenge.

At one point, he tries to kill Charlie with a machine gun and Charlie survives because as long as he has the watch, nothing can kill him. Later, he attacks Itchy with his thugs and burns down Charlie's casino, but Itchy escapes. Then he captures Anne Marie and Charlie comes to rescue her, fighting his way through the thugs. They eventually beat him up and begin to torture him. His howls of pain attract the attention of the flamboyant giant alligator, whom he and Anne Marie met earlier, who makes Carface's lair collapse.

Carface and Charlie clash, in which Charlie  overpowers Carface and, before he can finish him off, is distracted by attempting to save Anne Marie, and is then attacked by Carface from being, which ends when Carface falls into the water where he is eaten by the alligator.

At the end, Carface is seen in Heaven with Charlie, who had sacrificed himself to save Anne Marie and thus, was granted into heaven and Carface tries to escape vowing revenge on King Gator with Annabelle chasing him threatening him to chase him out of heaven.

In All Dogs Go to Heaven 2

Carface, as he appears in in All Dogs Go to Heaven 2

“	He wanted the bottom of my shoes or something. Heh heh heh. I don't even wear shoes. Ah, stupid cat.	„
	~ Carface talking about Red wanting his soul.

In the sequel, Carface is more comic relief. He is now noticeably less evil, less intelligent and very cowardly which is very different than he was in the first one. He escapes from heaven with Gabriel's horn and encounters Red who makes him his partner. He tricks and deceives Charlie and the gang many times. After he captures David and blackmails them for his lives, he and Red imprisons him in the cell at the Alcatraz prison. Carface gets attacked by crabs after Charlie tricks him and Red into thinking that he'd brought the cage with the horn in it. Afterwards, Carface comes out of his hiding spot and attempts to downplay his involvement with Red and makes peace. When Charlie asks Carface what he traded to Red for his collar, Carface mockingly assumes Red wanted the soles of his shoes, but he goes barefoot. It was then that Red reminds him it was his soul that he wanted after overhearing their conversation and he is eventually dragged to Hell by Red when he's defeated in the battle.

In All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series

Carface, as he appears in the TV series.

In the TV series, Carface somewhat returns from Hell, but is now a cowardly bumbling fool and he was portrayed more as a thief and antihero than anything.  He runs a curio shop in the same building where he and Red ran their shady business in All Dogs Go to Heaven 2. His sidekick Killer also returns in the series. He also works for Belladonna, Annabelle's demonic cousin, in this series. It is very possible that Belladonna is the one who brought Carface back from Hell to use him for her future schemes, which would explain why Carface is in this series and in the Christmas special.

In "The Doggone Truth", Carface and Killer take over the Flea Bite Café and turn it into a video game arcade, so Charlie and Itchy have to dress up like girls to get the café back and it managed to succeed for a little while. However, they eventually learn the real identity's of the two girls and were about to beat up Charlie and Itchy, but they managed to flee and Sasha managed to release a lot of garbage to fall on Carface and Killer, defeating them. This episode has Carface's only song in the series, "Casanova".

In "Dogs In The House" , Carface and Killer tried to rob a rich family's home, dressing up as literal "cat" burglars to get in, but they were thwarted by Itchy, Charlie, and the rich kid.

In "Mission Im-paws-ible", Carface and Killer steal Itchy's Heavenly Collar, so Charlie, Itchy, and Sasha plan to get it back at Carface and Killer's curio shop. But the plan didn't go smoothly as Charlie grew jealous over the fact that Sasha is pretending to flirt with Carface to get it back. This episode also revealed that Carface has a secret crush on Sasha himself, even fighting Charlie over her near the end of the episode. In the end, they managed to defeat Carface by trapping him to get punished by being spanked multiple times by the spinning machine, begging Killer to help him.

In "Dog Eat Dog", Carface and Killer learns that Sasha is leaving the Flea Bite Café and leaves Charlie and Itchy to be in charge while she is gone to see her sister's newborn puppies in Los Angeles. They scheme to sabotage the Café and steal it's money so that Carface and Killer could start their own café in their curio shop. They succeeded for a short time, but Charlie and Itchy managed to sabotage their own Café as payback and tricked them into giving back the money they stole.

In "La Doggie Vita", Carface and Killer took over a meat packing plant and Charlie and Itchy were tricked by Belladonna to join them. Belladonna manipulated Charlie to join her, Carface, and Killer and give up on being a Guardian Angel. When Itchy came to rescue Charlie, Belladonna orders Itchy to be strapped to become dog food. After Belladonna fails to convince Charlie to pull the lever to send Itchy to his doom, Carface decided to pull the lever instead after Charlie refused to do so. Charlie managed to save Itchy, much to Belladonna's outrage, and sends Carface and Killer to chase and capture them. But Charlie and Itchy manage to defeat Carface and Killer by sending them through a machine to get packaged.

In "Kibbleland", Belladonna orders Carface and Killer to trick Sasha into playing Kibbleland's new game as a big tornado comes and sucks her into the world of Kibbleland. Belladonna plans to trap Charlie in the world of Kibbleland due to his own selfishness. But when Charlie begins to do unselfish acts from time to time, Belladonna decides to send Carface and Killer in the world of Kibbleland to intervene. Carface and Killer managed to trap Charlie and his friends in the game world, however due to their own selfishness, they could not leave the game world. Charlie made a selfless gesture of holding the sausage bridge leading the end of the game and thus, was able to escape the game world, much to Belladonna's displeasure. At the end of the episode, Carface and Killer tried to escape the world of Kibbleland by trying to do selfless acts.

In "The Rexx Files" , Carface and Killer learned of a "crystal" that Charlie and Itchy were tasked by Annabelle to guard and protect until the "owner" returns to claim it. They plan to steal the "crystal" and disguise themselves as aliens to scam Charlie and steal the "crystal". Charlie, Itchy, and Sasha go to get the "crystal" back from Carface and Killer, pulling off an obvious prank on purpose to distract Carface and Killer long enough for them to gloat about how superior their alien costumes and techniques are. This gives Charlie and Itchy time for the Alien investigators to arrive and they think Carface and Killer are real aliens. Carface and Killer got knocked out and they get dragged away by the investigators, defeating them. During the song "Party at the UFO", Carface appears randomly as a slug/dog like hybrid, resembling Jabba the Hutt and has Killer resemble Princess Leia.

In "The Big Fetch" , Carface and Killer appear at the Flea Bite Café and taunt Charlie over the fact that he is wearing a detective outfit. Charlie gets knocked out and has a dream of him becoming a detective to find out about a cat-scheme back in the 1930s. Carface appears as a cat disguised as a dog and has Belladonna work for him, which is a complete role reversal from the real Belladonna and Carface. Charlie wakes from his dream and the real Carface and Killer once again taunt him.

In "All Creatures Great & Dinky", Carface and Killer are trying to transform new looking toy trains to look like antiques to sell for loads of money, causing pollution as toxic smelling paint and other junk are washed down the drains, taking away the freedom of a colony of mice. Charlie and Itchy team up with a mice named Moxie to stop Carface and Killer and they managed to thwart his schemes once again.

In "Whacked to the Future", Carface and Killer are hosting a party at the curio shop and convinces Charlie's friends to party at his place after Charlie failed to properly set up their own party since his place is a huge mess. The rest of the episode centers around Charlie "traveling" into the future, where the descendants of Carface and Killer serve under the oppressive rule of the canine-hating "Deliverer".

In "Dr. Beagle and Mangy Hide", Carface managed to get his paws on a dangerous substance that is supposed to turn dogs into monsters. He tells Killer he got the substance from a canine underworld. They managed to test the substance on Charlie Barkin and he turns into a hideous monster. Carface and Killer used the monstrous Charlie to steal things for them, and then turn Charlie in to the cops when they're done with him. Itchy gets captured by Carface and Killer and they strap him in an abandoned warehouse. They revealed their evil plans to Itchy and they plan to use the substance on Itchy as well, so the cops will be extra pleased to find two monsters. Thankfully, the monstrous Charlie still has a bit of his memory left and saves Itchy by throwing and spitting dog food cans at them. Carface and Killer were knocked out. Before they regain consciousness, Itchy used the substance on Carface and Killer to turn them into monsters and they managed to get arrested by the cops in the end. During the episode, it is revealed that Carface is sick and tired of Charlie and Itchy always ruining his plans.

In "Charlie's Angle", the real Carface and Killer didn't appear in this episode. However, Chief and Annabelle disguised themselves as those two and created an a machine called the HeelBoy 2000 that will turn dogs evil and make them work for him. However, in the end, they were trying to teach Charlie the consequences of abusing authority, that the angels and their secret agents had also pretended to be evil, and that the three angels-in-training had been guardian angels all along.

In "Agent from F.I.D.O.", Itchy tells Charlie and Sasha a story about how Double-Dog Dare (as Charlie Barkin is depicted) saved the world in order to get him on a mission alone. Carface is depicted as the main antagonist, Felonius Bentclaw. He is the President of the Dry Dog Food Company. He is also an agent of the international crime syndicate H.Y.D.R.A.N.T. (Harmful Yahoo Dog Ruffians, And Nasty, Too). He intends to feed every dog nothing but dry dog food that is tainted with a chemical that will turn them stupid. In the end, he was defeated by Double-Dog Dare and got trapped in a launching rocket. The rocket explodes in space, killing Felonius.

In the final episode of the series "He Barked, She Barked", Charlie is put on trial in Heaven after being accused by Belladonna, Carface, and Killer of abusing his angelic position. Carface gives out his version of the story and depicted Charlie and Itchy being rude and selfish and Carface being kind and caring, even referring to himself as "Kindface". Carface tells Charlie and Itchy that an old canine woman is trapped in a collapsing pit. He brings them to the pit, but Charlie and Itchy tell Carface to leave, thus Carface never saw if Charlie saved the old canine woman or selfishly used a miracle dog tag to whisk out T-Bone steaks while leaving an old canine woman to remain trapped in a collapsing pit. During Killer's story, he falsely says that Carface works for Killer, angering Carface. In reality, it is revealed that the old widow dog was Belladonna all along, scheming to have Charlie join her side. Charlie and Itchy prove that the reason they didn't save the old widow dog is because miracle dog dogs do not work on anyone or anything of the "other side" which includes Belladonna. Chief, acting as an overseeing Judge, opens a cloud trapdoor, sending Belladonna falling from Heaven and back to Earth. Charlie and Itchy wondered what to do with Carface and Killer, who are still in heaven. They backed away from Charlie and Itchy and they stumbled upon the opened trapdoor and fell from Heaven and back to Earth.

In An All Dogs Christmas Carol

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Carface, as he appears in An All Dogs Christmas Carol.

In the third movie, Carface is similar to Ebenezer Scrooge. Carface and Killer arrive at a Christmas party and start collecting debts from everyone. After Charlie refused to pay back Carface, he blows a mysterious hypnotic dog whistle that hypnotizes all the dogs and causes them to give Carface and Killer all of their bones. Before leaving, Carface and Killer make off with all the food, the presents, and their money which includes the operation money for a lame, limping (yet not complaining) puppy named Timmy (who belongs to a girl named Martha) and head off cackling.

After failing several times to get the stolen goods from Carface, it is revealed that Carface is working for Annabelle's satanic cousin, Belladonna who plots to use a massive version of the gigantic hypnotic dog whistle to hypnotize every dog in the city into stealing the Christmas presents, making them be thrown out of their houses and abandoned, much in the same way Carface was when he was a puppy. Charlie plots to scare "the Dickens" out of Carface and asks Annabelle for some aid, resulting in them being transformed into characters from A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Itchy becomes the Ghost of Christmas Past, Sasha becomes the Ghost of Christmas Present, and Charlie becomes the Ghost of Christmas Future (as a reference of The Mask). The three of them visit Carface and make him feel guilty about stealing the items, especially the operation money; Sasha tells Carface that without it Timmy will die, but Timmy's death will cause another: his own, as the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come shows him that because of his actions, he will cause his own death and he will be condemned to Hell for eternity.

Carface, having seen himself in Timmy, stops the whistle just in time to prevent the dogs from stealing the gifts. Belladonna flies into a rage and is about to kill Carface and Killer when she is frozen solid by a massive amount of snow caused by Annabelle. Back at the party, Carface appears on a sled pulled by Killer, and gives the pups all the presents back, and more. He even gives them Timmy's money box back, which is filled up full. Carface turns to leave, and Sasha asks him to stay and join the party. Carface respectfully refuses, saying that he's going to visit his mom, but wishes everyone a merry Christmas. Nevertheless, Carface still whips Killer, whom he treats like a reindeer, pulling the sled.

Wardrobe

Often Carface is seen wearing a purple (sometimes pink) shirt with its sleeves always rolled up, a black vest, and a light green bowtie. In a scene in the first film, where he is shouting at Killer, he accessorizes. In this scene, he wears an old racing helmet with goggles and in a later scene with a ray gun, he wears a dark-green military helmet.

In All Dogs Go to Heaven 2, he still wears the same clothing but during "It Feels So Good to be Bad" his fur is cut off by a barber's knife and all he wears is his underwear which gets cut by a pair of scissors. Later on he gets dressed into a pink devil costume but later on gets his traditional suit as well his fur back. In the series his shirt changes to pink but in the christmas special it goes back to purple.

Trivia

• All in all, Carface is a recurring antagonist in the franchise, despite being The Heavy and serving Red and Belladonna, the ones behind the plots of the second and third movies as well as the on and off antagonist of the series.
• The way Carface walks on all fours suggests he has clubfoot because whilst the other dogs walk with their paws in front of them, Carface's front paws are turned slightly inward.
• His name could possibly be a reference to Al Capone's nickname "Scarface", which is also the name of one of his henchmen in the Mean Street Dogs.
• Carface is Vic Tayback's penultimate film role before his death in May 25, 1990.
• Carface shares some similarities to Madame Medusa from the Disney film The Rescuers. They both kidnap a female orphan for their own selfish reasons: Penny for the Devil's eye, Anne-Marie for her ability to speak to animals. They both try to kill the film's protagonists (Carface succeeds in killing Charlie), they are both verbally abusive to their captors, they both have bumbling henchmen, and both are finished off by crocodilians. The only real difference aside from Carface redeeming himself is that Carface's abuse of Anne-Marie isn't as horrible as Medusa's.

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